docs: def get_text_for_html(html_content):
      '''
      Take the HTML content (from, for example, an email)
      and construct a simple plain text version of that content
      (for example, for inclusion in a multipart email message).
      '''
  
      soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content)
  
      # kill all script and style elements
      for script in soup(["script", "style"]):
          script.extract()    # rip it out
  
      # Replace all links with HREF with the link text and the href in brackets
      for a in soup.findAll('a', href=True):
          a.replaceWith('%s <%s>' % (a.string, a.get('href')))
  
      # get text
      text = soup.get_text()
  
      # break into lines and remove leading and trailing space on each
      lines = (line.strip() for line in text.splitlines())
      # break multi-headlines into a line each
      chunks = (phrase.strip() for line in lines for phrase in line.split("  "))
      # drop blank lines
      text = '\n'.join(chunk for chunk in chunks if chunk)
  
      return text